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Honorah Quinn Sheehey Kenedy/Keneday

Honorah Quinn Sheehey Kenedy/Keneday

Born
1796-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1878-01-25 12:00:00
Gender
Female
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA

My 4th great-grandmother Honorah Quinn was born about 1796, most likely Co Limerick, Ireland to John Quinn and Catherine Cahill (per her 1878 Michigan USA death record).

Her son Patrick Sheehey was born 6 Dec 1826 in Limerick City, Ireland. No siblings have been identified. 

Honorah’s first husband Patrick Sheehey died in 1828. No record of his birth or their marriage has not been found.

Honorah married Jeremiah Keneday/Kennedy of Limerick in or before 1832.  No record of their marriage has been found.

Honorah emigrated with her 2nd husband Jeremiah Keneday/Kennedy [1802-1880] and her son Patrick Sheehey. They arrived at Troy, New York and reached Connecticut in 1832 and remained there until 1835/6.

In 1836 Honora, Jeremiah and Patrick reached Northfield Township, in pre-statehood Michigan. Northfield was an Irish settlement built around Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church outside what was to become Ann Arbor, Michigan.  This timing means they are Michigan European pioneers.   

Honorah and Jeremiah lived on 10 acres off East Northfield Church Road, in Northfield Township until her death 25 Jan 1878.  They did not have children.

DNA test results from my father and several other relatives are available for comparison.

I would very much appreciate any help in finding further evidence of Honorah's life, which must have been interesting and hard.

Associated communities

Limerick

County Limerick, or Luimneach in Irish, is located in the med-west region of Ireland.  Limerick became Ireland’s inaugural National City of Culture in 2014 with a wide variety of events happening around the city.  We have a population of approximately 195,175.  We look forward to  helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.   

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Old Abbey House, Shanagolden, Co Limerick

    Location: Limerick

  • Treanmanagh TOWNLAND

    Location: Limerick

    Treanmanagh, Pallasgreen, Co. Limerick

  • Kilpeacon House in 1850

    Location: Limerick

    Kilpeacon

  • Bunratty Castle

    Location: Limerick

Timeline events in this community

  • 1860s

    St. Patrick's Graveyard

    <p>Parish Priest</p>

    1861-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    Foundation of South Liberties GAA Club

    1884-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1887 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1888-04-29 12:00:00